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		<title>Get your budding business retail-ready by applying for the Watershed Design Lab</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 09:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for creative entrepreneurs in Cape Town is that the Craft + Design Institute (CDI) and V&#38;A Waterfront is calling for a new group of Cape Town-based creative entrepreneurs to apply for their local retail readiness programme for 2022/23. &#160; If selected, the programme provides a full retail experience at an incubator store, known as the Design Lab, which is located at the V&#38;A’s design-forward Watershed shopping venue. It’s an incredible opportunity for local designers to receive the necessary support to experience a real-time retail environment, try their hand at selling and test products in the market. The programme also unlocks free training covering pricing, packaging, merchandising, product development and much more. In its current iteration, running from 2021 to September 2022, the programme is working with several creative brands and individuals whose products are showcased and sold at this living retail “design laboratory”. Current participants include Nondwe Nyathi, Jenine Allchin, Anele Nono, Malibongwe Nohesi, Ado Ludidi, Sizwe Shumane, and Richard Mandongwe, who are now “graduating” as they exit the programme in the next few months. &#160; “For me to be here at Design Lab,” says Shumane, “is a big thing for me. Ever since I started making my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs are an important missing piece of the puzzle for improving food security in SA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that 60% food relief during lockdown came from civil society? Far outweighing any government interventions, it points to the power of the people to help solve the food security challenges in our country. This revealing insight surfaced during the recent #cocreateDESIGN FESTIVAL 2021, which was organised by Craft and Design Institute (CDI) in collaboration with the Mission Network of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in South Africa. The Festival also saw the launch of the RE:SOLVE Challenge, an eight-month support programme for entrepreneurs with a share of R100 000 grant funding available for selected local innovations. The Challenge is now open for entries and aims to help entrepreneurs develop new, or refine existing, products and services to solve some of SA’s pressing challenges, including food security. World Food Day on 16 October, which is themed &#8220;Our actions are our future &#8211; Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life”, is an opportunity to place our food system into sharp focus and highlight the need for home-grown innovations to address systemic challenges. It is a system that is broken for millions of South Africans who struggle to access, on a daily basis, affordable, nutritious, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entries for RE:SOLVE – a purpose-led innovation challenge that gives entrepreneurs funding for prototypes – are now open!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With South Africa facing numerous social and economic issues, many exacerbated by COVID-19, there is a real need for new ideas and innovative solutions to be fast-tracked. Enter the RE:SOLVE Challenge, an initiative that is designed to help South Africa’s innovative entrepreneurs to take their next steps. Now in its second iteration, RE:SOLVE has issued a Call for Entries for its next round of support and funding. Once the Call for Entries closes, 80 ideas presented by individuals or teams, will be shortlisted to participate in an eight-month programme. Following this, the most viable solutions will get the opportunity to prototype their ideas thanks to a share of a total of R100 000 in grant funding on offer. RE:SOLVE is funded by the City of Cape Town and managed by the Craft and Design Institute (CDI), a non-profit company with 20 years of success in developing creative people, small businesses and the craft and design sector in South Africa. RE:SOLVE’s aim is to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit of individuals and teams to co-create bold solutions, with a focus on access to economic opportunities, quality healthcare, food security, and water and sanitation. With people at its heart, the Challenge will celebrate ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Next Gen” eco designer ware launches on NEXT21</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 06:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going green AND supporting local is now easier than ever! This is thanks to the new export-ready, sustainable homeware and fashion items launched as part of NEXT21, an exhibition of South African design which has just gone live. Now in its fourth iteration, NEXT is an export development initiative of the Craft and Design Institute (CDI) that has achieved much success in promoting South African design to international buyers. The annual exhibition is also aimed at showcasing the best of local to South African retailers, interior designers, decorators and members of the public. This year, among the exciting new designs on offer from more than 20 exhibitors from across the country, there are a number of brands that base their production on recycling, upcycling and ingenious use of sustainable materials. The eco highlights of NEXT21 are: Eco Furniture Design From its humble beginnings in a garage, Eco Furniture Design has spent the last decade fulfilling its vision of being an environmentally and socially aware company. The brand now has two contemporary furniture stores – one in Durbanville and the other in Woodstock, Cape Town – alongside its factory, where it manufactures the superbly understated, functional furniture for which it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bags of local style at NEXT21!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 06:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local fashion accessories are taking it to the next level at NEXT21, an exhibition of export-worthy South African designs that are ready to take on the world. NEXT is an export development initiative powered by the Craft and Design Institute (CDI) and is now in its 4th annual incarnation. This year, more than 20 nationwide exhibitors will showcase products on an all-new online platform. The virtual exhibition is supported by the City of Cape Town and is free to view. It consists of a filmed walk-through that will bring displayed products and producers to life with interactive pop-up windows revealing informative videos, housing interviews and need-to-know facts about the fresh products that are being launched on NEXT21. The platform goes live on 25 March 2021 and runs until March 2022. The exhibition is geared to stimulate trade. For fashion buyers and retailers &#8211; both local and international &#8211; the undeniable highlights are the new purse, clutch, handbag, tote and tog bag collections being presented by a trio of proudly South African designers, namely, WREN, Mors Design and Chimpel. WREN innovatively coats, folds and stitches paper into accessories such as laptop sleeves, wallets, tog bags and totes. The company opts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SA design’s next big thing: NEXT21 showcases all-new, all-local homeware and fashion accessories that are ready for the world!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Importers, retailers and decorators &#8211; as well as design-loving members of the public &#8211; have their sights set on NEXT21, a South African product showcase that will reveal the latest furniture, lighting, textiles, fashion accessories and homeware from 23 top talents. NEXT21 is set to go live online using the latest interactive video exhibition technology at www.thecdi.org.za/next21 from 25 March 2021 onwards and will run for a full year. Now in its 4th edition, the annual NEXT Trade Exhibition is an export development initiative of the Craft and Design Institute (CDI). The CDI is a South African non-profit company with two decades of success in developing creative people, small businesses and the craft and design sector at large. In previous years, NEXT took the form of a week-long exhibition staged in Cape Town. For 2021, NEXT has been re-strategised to give it increased longevity and a wider global reach. For the first time, NEXT will take the form of an innovative online platform that can be accessed by buyers, members of the trade and the public from across the globe. The year-long digital exhibition is made possible with support from the City of Cape Town and the exhibition is free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cape entrepreneur aims to help end “bucket system” with low-cost, green loo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 12:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the City of Cape Town services several hundred “bucket toilets” in informal settlements, there are more than 70 000 households that have little or no sanitation. Fortunately, an affordable, green solution to the “bucket system” that is also a viable alternative to flush plumbing, could soon be available… The Lovely Loo, a self-contained, waterless, private, self-composting toilet was designed by Francois De Flamingh, the owner of United Development. In 2014, The Lovely Loo was selected as a finalist in the Better Living Challenge, a competition that aims to surface affordable green solutions to low-income housing problems, and to help support those solutions getting to market. The Better Living Challenge is project-managed by the Cape Craft + Design Institute (CCDI), on behalf of 110% Green, an initiative of the Western Cape Government. On realising the enormous potential of The Lovely Loo, the Better Living Challenge channeled exhibition funding towards developing a full-scale, working prototype that was displayed at the Better Living Challenge Showcase in October 2014. Thereafter, it was decided that The Lovely Loo would be tested in a real-life situation to determine its strengths and iron out any design weaknesses. The Lovely Loo working prototype was donated to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Better Living Challenge showcase at the Cape Town Station Forecourt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Better Living Challenge Showcase is an interactive event taking place from Tuesday, 28 October to Saturday, 8 November 2014. The exhibition will be officially opened by Premier Helen Zille, MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela (Human Settlements) and MEC Alan Winde (Economic Opportunities) on Thursday, 30 October 2014. There will be lunchtime talks taking place from Wednesday, 29 October 2014. Exhibition opening times are as follows: Monday to Friday from 09H00 – 17H00 and 09H00 – 13H00 on Saturdays. On show at this event is a display of solutions by the finalists and exhibitors whose projects were entered into the Better Living Challenge. These innovative, affordable and green solutions aim to address some of the problems faced by people living in low-income communities. Better Living Challenge finalist, James van der Walt’s SolarTurtle solution, will power the entire exhibition off-the-grid at the Cape Town station forecourt. SolarTurtle is a solar-powered energy distribution point securely housed in a 6m shipping container. The container is fitted with a solar battery charging station capable of charging hundreds of battery packs every day. In low-income communities, SolarTurtle functions like a local spaza shop where a local resident will own and operate the SolarTurtle and neighbours will bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Better Living Challenge announces its Finalists!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eagerly anticipated shortlist of finalists and exhibitors who have been selected to form the Better Living Challenge Showcase in October 2014 has at last been announced to the public. The Better Living Challenge Selection Panel has made its choice, and it’s now time to share these green solutions aimed at addressing some of the problems in low cost living. The panel has identified 23 finalists and 33 exhibitors – out of an impressive number of 130 total entries received – whose solutions embody the aims of the competition. The Better Living Challenge has been on the hunt to uncover solutions and ideas to improve the lives and homes of people living in low-income areas. Groundbreaking products and innovations that are affordable, well designed and green, are being brought to life through the competition. Over 130 innovative ideas were entered into the Challenge, in three separate categories, in the hope of landing one of three grand prizes that each consist of half a million rand’s worth of support services to enable these solutions getting to market. Three student entries will each receive a R40 000 cash prize. After a rigorous selection process involving heated debate and extensive discussion, the Better Living [...]]]></description>
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